Drivers are adjusting to big changes along Spain Road in northeast Albuquerque.

The city cut Spain from two lanes down to one in each direction between Juan Tabo and Tramway, and that has some people who live in the area upset.

"I don't like the change. I think it brings a lot more congestion to the area," said Teresa Reyes, who lives off Spain Road.

She says now that the changes are complete, it makes turning a lot more challenging.

"Usually in the mornings, when I'm trying to leave to take my children to school (it) is terrible for me to get onto the street," Reyes said.

"We were going to resurface the road regardless, but when we put the road back we wanted to make sure we put it back to what the long term plan for the City of Albuquerque was. And that called for bike lanes," said Michael Riordan with the city's municipal development department.

Riordan said bike lanes were an important addition to Spain since the rest of the street in the area already has them in place.

"It just made sense to put this back in, per the long range bicycle plan for the City of Albuquerque," Riordan said.

The city says it did traffic studies before making the change, saying it found no reason why that portion was two lanes in the first place.

But Reyes says she's not sold. She says there are only a few cyclists who travel along that portion of the street, and thinks the extra vehicle lanes made more of an impact.

The city says the whole project cost taxpayers just under $400,000. But, Riordan says most of that paid for the resurfacing, which needed to be done anyway.